What's new in RAD Studio XE7

RAD Studio XE7 is a must-have upgrade for all developers and is the newest version of the award winning, multi-device app development solution for Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, gadgets, and wearables. There are great Windows and VCL features, a new Parallel Programming Library, significant FireMonkey enhancements for building multi-device apps, new Enterprise Mobility Services, and enhancements for connecting with gadgets and wearables, thanks to the new Bluetooth support.

An array constructor can be used to specify an initial value of a global dynamic array variable

Also, generics containers optimizations

Database and FireDAC Enhancements

IBLite embeddable database now available for Windows, OS X, Android and iOS

FireDAC streaming support for blob fields and support for MSSQL file streams

Support for DBMS API command native timeouts

FireDAC connection parameters are now displayed in the Object Inspector as a record

Data Explorer enhancements (primary keys and fields are displayed, foreign keys and fields are displayed, sequences/generators are now displayed)

Other FireDAC enhancements including a new IBLite driver for desktop and mobile

FireMonkey Enhancements

TEdit and TCalendar controls haves been rewritten to utilize a new presentation architecture: you choose whether you want the control to use the standard styled presentation or a platform native control presentation on iOS dynamically

Multi monitor support on desktop platforms

The TBannerAd component now supports the Google Mobile Ads API from Google Play Services

Immersive full screen mode on Android KitKat

TListView pull to refresh on iOS and Android

What can you do with RAD Studio XE7?

Develop connected apps for Windows, OS X, iOS, Android and gadgets and wearables using the tools and language you know and trust (Object Pascal or Standard C++), and keep building Windows applications using the updated VCL library.

Develop connected apps with AppTethering, Bluetooth, and REST calls to devices and gadgets.

Get FireDAC high performance enterprise database connectivity and make database app development fun again.

Connect with popular cloud services with REST as well as BaaS providers for push notifications, authentication, storage and more!

Bind any UI control to other objects or datasets. With LiveBindings, every component is data aware.